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J.A. Prestwich, an engineer, founded the company in 1895, when he was in his early twenties, initially behind his father's house. By 1911 he had moved to a new plant at Northumberland Park, Tottenham. Prestwich came to be known as much for his creation of cinematography projectors as his engines. He worked with S.Z. de Ferranti and later the cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene. The company's engineering works in Northumberland Park closed in 1963.

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  • JA Prestwich Industries
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  • J.A. Prestwich, an engineer, founded the company in 1895, when he was in his early twenties, initially behind his father's house. By 1911 he had moved to a new plant at Northumberland Park, Tottenham. Prestwich came to be known as much for his creation of cinematography projectors as his engines. He worked with S.Z. de Ferranti and later the cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene. The company's engineering works in Northumberland Park closed in 1963.
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  • Aircraft/vehicle engines
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  • 1964(xsd:integer)
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  • Taken over
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  • 1895(xsd:integer)
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  • JA Prestwich Industries
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  • Engineering
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  • J.A. Prestwich, an engineer, founded the company in 1895, when he was in his early twenties, initially behind his father's house. By 1911 he had moved to a new plant at Northumberland Park, Tottenham. Prestwich came to be known as much for his creation of cinematography projectors as his engines. He worked with S.Z. de Ferranti and later the cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene. The engines were used in many famous motorcycle marques and other devices, such as early aeroplanes , chainsaws, cultivators such as those produced by Howard Rotovators and light rail maintenance trucks The motorcycle engines were associated with racing success and were still used in Motorcycle speedway bikes well into the 1960s. During World War II Prestwich produced around 240,000 industrial petrol engines in support of the war effort, together with millions of aircraft parts, fuses, etc. After 1945 production was taken over by Villiers Ltd. and the company was completely absorbed by the Villiers Engineering Company in 1964 just as Villiers itself was to be taken over by Manganese Bronze Bearings (Builders of "London Cabs" at one stage). The company's engineering works in Northumberland Park closed in 1963.
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